4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN nees Wednesday s at 2 and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 :30.) OPENINGS (There are often last-minute changes in dates and curtain times so it is a good idea to ver- ify them before starting out.) THE WHITE HousE-Helen Hayes Fritz Weaver, and James Daly in a play by A. E. Hotchner. Directed by Henry Kaplan and produced by Gilbert Miller, Helen Bonfils, and Morton Gottlieb. Opens Tuesday, May 19. (Henry Miller, 43rd St., E BR 9-3970. Nightly, ex- cept Sundays, at 8 :30; opening-night curtain at 7. Matinees Wednesdays at 2 and Sat- urdays at 2 :30.) ROAR LIKE A DOVE-A comedy by Lesley Stonn, imported from London, with Betsy Palmer, Jessie Royce Landis, Charlie Ruggles, and Derek Godfrey. Staged by Cyril Ritchard and presented by Fryer, Carr & Harris, with John Herman Opens Thur day, May 2 I. (Booth, 45th St., W. CI 6-5969. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8 :30; opening-night cur- tain at 7 :30. Matinées Wednesdays at 2 and Saturdays at 2 :30.) OFF BROADWAY (Confirn1ation of dates, curtain times, and casts is distinctly advisable.) LINCOLN CENTER REPERTORy-"After the Fall," by Arthur Miller, isn't up to the author's usual standard, but as it goes its autobiographical way it does provide a moment or 1\\ 0 of dramatic excitement Performance Thursday J\lay 14, at 8. . . . ç "But for Whom Charlie," a comedy by S. N. Behrman about good and evil in the modern world, has as its setting a philanthropic foundation that takes care of indigent writers Not always as c01npelling as it n1Íght be, the plclY has one large virtue- the presence of David Wayne as an aging author who takes a dim and droll view of our times Performances Friday, May IS, at 8:3 0 ; Saturday Ivlay 16, at 2:30 and 8 :30; and Tuesday through Thursday, May 19-21, at 8:30....<<]IEugene O'Neill's satire "Marco Millions" stands up better than you mIght expect after thirty-six years, and the present production is quite spectacular. Hal Holbrook, David \Vayne, and Joseph Wise- man are among those happily present. Per- formances Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 and 7:30; Friday, Ñlay 22, at 8 :30; and Saturday May 23, at 2 :30 and 8 :30. (ANT..\ Washington Square Theatre, 40 W. 4th St., between \Vashington Square and Broadway OR 4- 5600.) ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANy-The troupe from Stratford-on- A. von in a three-week repertory that will run through Saturday. June 6. "King Lear," with Paul Scofield, opens on 1Ionday, May [8, at 6. Subsequent schedule: Ñlondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 7 :30. . . . ç "The Comedy of Errors," \vith Ian Richardson and A.lec McCowen, opens on Wednesday May 20, at 7 :45 Subsequent schedule: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2: I 5 and 8. I 5. (New Y or k State Theatre, Lincoln Center. TR 7-4727.) NEW YORK CITY CENTER LIGHT OPERA COMPANY- "Porgy and Bess," with William Warfield and Veronica Tyler (Irving Barnes and Bar- bara Sn1Ïth Conrad at the matinée ) will play through Sunday, May 17.... <<]I "My Fair Lady," with Myles Eason, 1arni Nixon, and Reginald Gardiner, will be the last in a series of three shows. Preview Tuesday, May 19, at 8 :30. Opens officially on Wednesday, May 20. (City Center, 131 W. 55th St CI6-89 8 9 Nightly, except 1:10ndays, at 8 :30; opening- night curtain at 7 :30. Matinées Saturdays and Sundays at 2 :30.) APA AT THE PHOENix-Lively and often stylish productions of an assortment of classics by one of the best repertory companies around. Luigi Pirandello's "Right You Are If You Think You Are": Tuesdays at 8:3 0 , Saturdays at 7 and 10, and Sundays at 3. . . . f1J Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths": Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 :30, and Sundays at 7 :30. (Phoenix Theatre, 334 E. 74th St. UN 1-2288.) ARMS AND THE MAN-A flat and feeble revival of Shaw's play. (East End Theatre, 85 E. 4 th St OR 3-3377. Tuesdays through Fridays and Sundays, at 8.30, and Saturdays at 7 and 10 Matinées Sundays at 3. May close Sunday, May 24.) S-M-T-W- 18119 t W T-F-S t 21 17 16 2.J THE AWAKENING OF SPRING-A new adaptation, by Arthur 1\. Seidelman and Donald Levin, of Frank Wedekind's play. (Pocket Theatre, 100 Third Ave., at 13th St YU 2-01 IS. Tuesdays through Thursdays at 8 :40, and Fridays and Saturdays at 7 :30 and 10 :3 0 . Matinees Sundays at 3.) THE BLACKS- Jean Genet ferries us, by means of ymbols, rituals, and masks, into a kind of state of mind-the excruciating state of n1ind that separates the Negro and the white. (St. Marks Playhouse, 133 Second Ave., at St. Marks PI OR 4-3530. Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at 7 and 10 Matinee Sundays at 3.) THE BLOOD KNOT-An obvious and tricky drama that is more than redeemed by the perform- ances of the 1\:\ 0 actors who appear in it. J ames Earl Jones is wonderful as a South African Negro, and J. D. Cannon is good, too, as his half brother, who is also half white. (Cricket Theatre, Second A ve. at loth St. OR 4-3960. Tuesdays through Fri- days, and Sundays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at 7 :3 0 and 10 :30. Matinées Sundays at 3.) THE Boys FROM SYRACUSE-A sparklIng revival. The Rodgers and Hart songs, which include "Falling in Love ",ith Love," "Sing for Y our Supper," "This Can't Be Love," and "The Shortest Day of th6 Year," sound con- siderably better than new, and they are well sung by an appealing company. (Theatre Four, 424 \V. 55th St. LT 1-7877. Tuesdays through Fridavs, and Sundays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at 7 and 10. Matinées Sundays at 3.) CINDy-The young performers who sing and dance in this musical are a lively, attractive bunch The songs are O.K., too, and so is the book, which tells of a girl who works In her father's delicates en and goe to a charity ball at the Plaza. (Gate Theatre, Second Ave. at loth St. OR 4-8796 Tuesdays through Fridays. and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Saturdays at 7 :30 and 10 :30. Matinées Sun- days at 3.) DOUBLETALK-A pair of shoddy one-acters. Even Franchot Tone's splendid performance in the second play cannot disguise the sleaziness of his role. (Theatre de Lys, 121 Christopher St. WA 4-8782 Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at 7 and 10. Matinées Sundays at 3.) DUTCHMAN and THE AMERICAN DREAM-"Dutch- n1an" IS a nightmare tragicomedy about the encounter of a respectable young Negro and a mad and maddening blonde in a subway car. The author is a most promising dramatist named LeRoi Jones, whose language is often as brutal and tough as the occasion demands. As a companion piece, the management is re- viving for the fifth time, its knockout pro- duction of "The American Dream," Edward Albee's sardonic family portrait. Noone un- der eighteen admitted. (Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce St. YU 9-2020, Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Saturdays at 7 and [0. Ñlatinées Sundays at 3.) THE FANiASTICKS- This musical comedy about a loyesick boy and the lovesick girl next door \\ ill be chiefly of interest to those with a , $ h :: , :<\,>.+, , ,"< " + ... f 11:9 : . -I 'u * v::j; n '"",* u ,,< " ...... .= . ":-... ....... . . . . large tolerance for whiInsey. (Sullivan Street Playhouse, 181 Sullivan St., at Bleecker St OR 4-3838 Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sunday , at 8 :40 and Saturdays at 7 :30 and 10 :30. Matinées Sundays at 3.) HOME MOVIES-A musical with book and lyrics by Rosalyn Drexler and music by Al Car- mines. A play by Miss Drexler, "Softly, and Consider the Nearness," is the curtain-raiser. (Provincetown Playhou e 133 Macdougal St GR 7-15 I 5. Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Saturdays at 7 3 0 and [0:30. Matinees Sundays at 3. No per- formance Thursday, May 14.) IN WHITE AMERICA-Six actors, three of them colored and three white, splendidly perform and recite excerpts frOln official and unof- ficial documents that, taken together, trace the story of the Negro in AInerica. The re- sult, play or not, is certainly theatrical and certainly rewarding. (Sheridan Square Play- house, 99 Seventh Ave. S., at Sheridan Sq. CH 2-3432. Wednesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Saturdays at 7 and [0 Matinees Sundays at 3.) LIFE Is A DREAM (LA VIDA Es SUEÑO )-Calderón's seventeenth-century play, being presented in both Bnglish and Spanish. Performances in English on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 :30, Fridays at 10, Saturdays at 7, and Sundays at 7 :30. Performances in Spanish on Mon- days and Wednesdays at 8 :30, Fridays at 7, Saturdays at 2 :30 and 10, and Sundays at 3. (Astor Place Playhouse, 434 Lafayette St., near Astor PI YU 2-4 2 40.) THE PLACE FOR CHANcE-Dramatized excerpts from poems, letters, journals, and the like, dealing with American history from Colonial times through Lincoln. Opens Thursday, May 14. (Stage 73, 321 E. 73rd St. BU 8- 2 5 00 . Opening-night curtain at 7 :20; thereafter Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at 7 and 10. Matinées Sundays at 5.) SIX CHARACTERS I N SEARCH OF AN AUTHoR-The Pirandello classic about a group of char- acters who mysteriously appear at a theatrical rehearsal and refuse to leave. The translation, by Paul Avila Mayer, is lively, and the staging, by William Ball, is highly sati"factory_ (Martinique Theatre, Broadway at 32nd St. PE 6-3056. Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Satur- days at 7: 30 and 10: 30. Matinees Sundays at 3.) THE STREETS OF NEW YORK-This charming and frisky musical comedy (based, in an offhand way, on Dion Boucicault's nineteenth-cen- tury melodrama) has good songs by Barry Alan Grae1 and Richard B. Chodosh, and an amusing book, also by Mr. Grael. The singing and general deportment of every member of the company are a near to fault- less as makes no matter. (Maidman Play- house, 416 W. 42nd St. BR 9-2084. Tues- days through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :3 0 , and Saturdays at 7 and 10 :30. Matinees Sundays at 3.) THIS WAS BURLESQUE-The return of Ann Corio, as M.C., star turn, and director of an old- time burlesque show, along with a number of old-time comedians and a line of strip teasers Much of the material is comic in an earthy kind of way, but it is also awfully gamy. (Casino East Theatre, Second Ave. at 12th St. Y"lT 2-6611. Nightly, except Mondays, at 8 :30, and Saturdays at mid- night. Matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2 :30.) THE TROJAN WOMEN-This production of Euripi- des' tragedy of the bereft women of the Trojan War is good to look at, always clear, and often moving. It does, however, lack stature. MIchael Cacoyannis is both director and choreographer, and there is one first- rate performance-that of Alan 1txon, as a Greek herald. (Circle in the Square, 159 Bleecker St. GR 3-4590. Tuesdays through Fridays, and Sundays, at 8 :40, and Satur- days at 7 :30 and 10 :30. Matinees Sundays at 3.) TRUMPETS OF THE LORD-The combination of a set of poems by James Weldon Johnson with a set of spirituals, gospel songs, and freedo111 songs makes this all-N egro musical a jubilant occasion. (One Sheridan Square, W. 4th St. and Washington PI. YU 9-1334. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday at 8 :40, and Saturday at